>>54318599That's the thing, now you would see them. Assuming gamefreak ever got it's head out of it's ass and hired some competant people to make the game, you'd be able to see that little level 6 Sentret paddling his heart out to carry your fatass across the stream. Or the gigantic Wailord easily ferrying you over the vast ocean. Most importantly they wouldn't be some chucklefucks rentals in a stupid vest. That's your partners, the mons you've carefully raised all this time exploring the world beside you. Your Paras sitting on your head lighting up the cave. Your Tauros busting that boulder apart like an egg. Your Dragonite zooming over the snowy mountaintops as you search for the elusive Articuno. It makes the game about more than just optimized battling against subpar AI with a handful of progression blocks seperating you from postgame shiny hunting.
